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later he'll be buried at arlington national cemetery near john and robert kennedy. cbs news correspondent john axelrod is in boston this morning. good morning, jim. >> reporter: that mass will be celebrated at the basilica behind me. a place of enormous personal meaning for senator kennedy. it is first place he came after receiving his cancer diagnosis last year. the senator prayed here daily when his daughter kara was facing her own cancer battle. he would live inconspicuously, kneel and pray at the shrine of the lady of perpetual health. >> a little indescribable, the comfort you get here. kennedy knew that too. and i'm very happy for that. ♪ when irish eyes are smiling ♪ >> reporter: the funeral will follow a more light hearted celebration of the senator's life last night. >> and two weeks ago as i was coming out of surgery, i got a call from ted. well he roared between going through prostate cancer surgery and doing town hall meetings, you made a great choice, he said. >> reporter: the family wanted something close to an irish wake with music. ♪♪ >> repo
later he'll be buried at arlington national cemetery near john and robert kennedy. cbs news correspondent john axelrod is in boston this morning. good morning, jim. >> reporter: that mass will be celebrated at the basilica behind me. a place of enormous personal meaning for senator kennedy. it is first place he came after receiving his cancer diagnosis last year. the senator prayed here daily when his daughter kara was facing her own cancer battle. he would live inconspicuously, kneel and...
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an assassin's bullet brought down jack kennedy and his brother robert to another fanatic. in 1969, ted kennedy drove a car off a bridge on chappaquiddick island. his young companion died and for ten hours, kennedy failed to report the crash. what happened that night would follow kennedy for the rest of his life. >> this morning, i entered a plea of guilty -- >> reporter: even so kennedy's name would be floated as a possible presidential candidate for the next decade. in 1980, he finally ran. he challenged the democratic president jimmy carter. but he was ill prepared and it showed in an interview with cbs news correspondent roger mudd. >> why do you want to be president? >> well, i'm -- were i to make the announcement and to run -- >> reporter: kennedy never recovered from the rough start, dropped out during the primaries and never sought the oval office again. but back in the senate, he hoped his legislative forms, formed personal allowances with ideological opposites and forged piece after piece of meaningful legislation on health care reform and racial equality. even a
an assassin's bullet brought down jack kennedy and his brother robert to another fanatic. in 1969, ted kennedy drove a car off a bridge on chappaquiddick island. his young companion died and for ten hours, kennedy failed to report the crash. what happened that night would follow kennedy for the rest of his life. >> this morning, i entered a plea of guilty -- >> reporter: even so kennedy's name would be floated as a possible presidential candidate for the next decade. in 1980, he...
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kennedy and senator robert kennedy, at arlington national cemetery in virginia. >> what we're going to do the next few days is celebrate his life. it's a remarkable life. an extraordinary journey of an entire family but obviously of teddy personally. >> reporter: from massachusetts to capitol hill, remembrances continue. admirers brought flowers to kennedy's office in washington. even the sports world is pausing. ♪ at last night's red sox game, kennedy's favorite baseball team paid tribute. >> thank you, senator kennedy, for your lifelong contributions. >> reporter: and between the service on friday night and the mass on saturday, we'll be hearing from some of the nation's biggest political names and some of senator kennedy's friends, including president obama, vice president biden, and senators john kerry and john mccain. maggie, back to you. >> jeff glor in hyannis port. thanks, jeff. already the tributes have been pouring in from friends and colleagues on both sides of the aisle. here's some of what they had to say about ted kennedy. >> the country lost a great advocate. millions
kennedy and senator robert kennedy, at arlington national cemetery in virginia. >> what we're going to do the next few days is celebrate his life. it's a remarkable life. an extraordinary journey of an entire family but obviously of teddy personally. >> reporter: from massachusetts to capitol hill, remembrances continue. admirers brought flowers to kennedy's office in washington. even the sports world is pausing. ♪ at last night's red sox game, kennedy's favorite baseball team...
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, obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the kennedy and shriver families. obviously, she had a unique impact on millions throughout this world, and the world will certainly miss her. >> robert gibbs, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thanks harry. >> all right. now here's julie. >> thanks a lot, harry. >>> now to the war in afghanistan. nato officials say three american troops have been killed in southern afghanistan, the center of the growing taliban-led insurgency. cbs news correspondent mandy clark has more. >> reporter: a spokesman for the commanding general in afghanistan stanley mcchrystal says the taliban are moving into new areas but denies insurgents are losing the war. general mccrystal told "the wall street journal" that they're facing a more aggressive enemy now that the taliban is moving into western afghanistan. >> they hold greater sway in some places. looking at all of that in concert, one may say the taliban is doing quite well. >> reporter: general mcchrystal also warned that casualty figures will remain higher for months as
, obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the kennedy and shriver families. obviously, she had a unique impact on millions throughout this world, and the world will certainly miss her. >> robert gibbs, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thanks harry. >> all right. now here's julie. >> thanks a lot, harry. >>> now to the war in afghanistan. nato officials say three american troops have been killed in southern afghanistan, the center of the...